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This is the beautiful landscape that can be seen out our back window of our apartment in Xining. Breathtaking, eh? On many evenings over the past two years, from the comfort of my couch, I have stared out at this gray brick building. The other day as I stared at it it dawned on me…
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After that first "sacrificial trip" to the train station, I was able to purchase our tickets to Chengdu on ONLY my second attempt. Yeah, pretty amazing. Next Friday we’ll be taking the 24-hour train trip to the south. The train will head east from Xining to Lanzhou in the Gansu province and then south through…
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I went to the train station yesterday to check on ticket prices to Chengdu (成都). If you are not familiar with China’s geography Chengdu is the capitol city of the Sichuan province to the southeast of us. We have friends from the U.S. who are moving to Chengdu for work in the near future. We…
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Well, our friends have departed for Norway. It was wonderful having them with us but (of course) very sad to see them go. They hope to return to Xining in a year or so. By then we’ll be back in the States for 9 months so we might not see them again for two years. …
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Been reading an author from a different "strain" of American Protestantism from my own. The book is called Christianity for the Rest of Us by Diane Butler Bass. It’s sometimes very refreshing to get a different perspective on the Church and where it is headed (even if the views are not drastically different from my…
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Do you know those annoying tags that clothes manufacturers feel they must put on every square inch of the pants, shirts, and jackets you buy? Well, for a connoisseur of Chinglish like myself, these can provide at least a few moments of entertainment over here. A friend recently passed this tag on to me. It…
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You might remember that some of our friends here in Xining hosted a "murder mystery meal" about a year ago. This last Friday we held our second annual (?) one with some of the same cast and a few new participants. It was a RIOT once again. Lots of laughs and social commentary. This year’s…
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Well, this summer has seemed a bit strange thus far. For the last two weeks our Norwegian neighbors, the best friends we have made here in China, have been packing up their apartment. They are moving back home for another year at least (they’ve already been gone a whole year already!) and it is not…
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Two years ago today our family celebrated its first Independence Day on foreign soil. That year it was in Singapore. Last year my friend Josh, a fellow countryman, and I were in Shanghai (I believe) for the 4th. This year our family is home in Xining and strangely enough it’s rainy here. As much as…
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Have you found your Calcutta? I think you should. I just listened to this sermon given at Rob Bell’s church, Mars Hill, by Shane Claibourne (author of Irresistible Revolution) and found it thought-provoking, touching, and challenging. He tells a lot of the same stories from his book, but it’s good to hear them again in…
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